Turning Light Energy into Heat to Fight Disease
December 17, 2019Using Light to Speed Up Computation
September 24, 2019Kaleidoscope Mirror Symmetry Inspires New Design for Optical Tools, Technologies
September 17, 2019Miniaturizing Medical Imaging, Sensing Technology
September 17, 2019Hyperbolic Metamaterials Enable Nanoscale ‘Fingerprinting’
February 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 12, 2019 — Hyperbolic metamaterials are artificially made structures that can be formed by depositing alternating thin layers of a conductor such as silver […]
The Future of Photonics Using Quantum Dots
March 27, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2018 — Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables crisscross the globe and package everything from financial data to cat videos into light. But […]
‘Frequency Combs’ ID Chemicals Within the Mid-Infrared Spectral Region
March 15, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 — Chemical compounds all carry distinctive absorption “fingerprints” within the mid-infrared spectral region of 2 to 12 microns. This offers an opportunity […]
MEMS Chips Get Metalenses
February 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 20, 2018 — Lens technologies have advanced across all scales, from digital cameras and high bandwidth in fiber optics to the LIGO lab instruments. Now, […]